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Google Play Store is rolling out a new badge for government-made apps
(www.androidauthority.com)
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this post was submitted on 03 May 2024
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This makes no sense. In my entire software development career, no government agency ever built an app in-house. It's always contracted, to random individuals or companies. So this badge is garbage.
The badge is to help people identify official apps.
I think it's not about that development but whom the data is being sent to, the state or some third party that provides same services.
Like a National Emergency Broadcast app or app for vehicle and driver's license registration service, that need sensitive info like your Govt ID and other details.
The title is a bit misleading, the badge says affiliated, not made
The point is you know its an official app and not some scam or independently ran group posing as an official government app
Who cares if they outsourced the development? The point is they have an app, and the badge tells you its legit (assuming we can trust the badge and its not trivial to trick google into giving any app the badge).